Mucilage-bottle



(No Model.)

D. T. ELLIS. MUGILAGE BOTTLE.

' Patented Mar. 31-, 1896.

WITNESSES:

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DAVID T. ELLIS, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

M UClLAGE-BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 557,1 18, dated March31, 1896 Applicati n filed August 20,1895. Serial No. 559,913. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DAVID T. ELLIs, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Springfield, in the county of Hampden and State ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inMucilage-Bottles, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof, in whichsimilar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to mucilage-bottles, and the object thereof is toprovide an improved device of this class having a removable cover, inwhich is hinged spring-operated doors or equivalent devices, throughwhich the brush is inserted, and by means of which surplus mucilage isremoved from the brush when the latter is withdrawn for use; and withthis and other objects in wiew the invention consists in theconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter describedand claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawings form a part, in which Figure 1 is aperspective view of the upper part of a bottle provided with myimprovement; Fig. 2, a transverse vertical section thereof; Fig. 3, aview similar to that of Fig. 1, showing a modified form of construction;and Fig. 4:, a transverse vertical section thereof.

In the practice of my invention I employ a bottle A, of any desiredform, provided with a neck B, having at the upper end thereof an annularbody or flange b, and I also provide a removable cap or cover C, havingdownwardly-directed clips or spring-hooks C, by means of which the capor cover is connected with the neck of the bottle.

Formed in the top of the cap or cover C is a square or oblong opening D,at the opposite ends of which are hinged doors, consisting of theseparate plates E and F, which are united at G and secured to orconnected with a rod H, which is secured at each end to the cap orcover, and mounted on each of the rods H is a wire spring K, (shown indotted lines in Fig. 1,) one end of which bears upon the part F of thedoor and the other end of which bears upon the under side of the cap orcover.

The plates E of the door are provided with semicircular notches orrecesses K, and in the normal position of the parts when the brush isremoved the plates or parts F of the door are flush with the cap oicover, as shown in Fig. 1, but when the brush is inserted the plates orparts F are depressed, as shown in Fig. 2, and the handle of the brushrests in the semicircular cavities or recesses K in the plates E. Theoperation of this form of construction will be readily understood. lVhenthe brush L, the handle of which is shown at M, is withdrawn, thesurplus mucilage is removed from the brush by the plates F, and thedoors assume the position shown in Fig. 1, thus closing the opening D.\Vhen the brush is again inserted, the plates E and F assume theposition shown in Fig. 2, and the opening D is closed by the plates E.

In the construction shown in Figs. 3 and 4 the cap 0 is secured in placeby means of a screw-threaded flange or rim, which operates in connectionwith a screw-thread formed on the neck 13, and in place of the doors,consisting of the plates E and F, I employ triangular-shaped scoops orboxes N, the fronts of which are open and the bases of which aredirected upward and the ends thereof provided with the semicircularnotches or recesses. These scoops or boxes are hinged to the sides ofthe opening D, inthe same manner as the plates E and F, by means of therods 11, on each of which is mounted a wire spring K, one end of whichbears upon the outer side of the corresponding box or scoop and theother end of which bears upon the under side of the top or cover, andthe operation of these springs normally is to hold the boxes or scoopsin the position shown in Fig. 3, in which the upper ends or basesthereof are separated and the lower pointed ends, which are directedinto the neck of the bottle, are brought together.

When the brush is inserted, the parts assume the position shown in Fig.4, in which the bases are brought together and the semicircular notchesor recesses K surround the handle M of the brush. hen the brush iswithdrawn, the inner pointed ends of the boxes or scoops remove thesurplus inucilage from the brush and the parts assume the position shownin Fig. '3, and when the brush is ICO again inserted the inner ends ofthe boxes or scoops are separated and the upper ends thereof are againbrought together, as shown in Fig. 4.

It will thus be seen that I accomplish the object of my invention bymeans of devices which are simple in construction and operation and welladapted to accomplish the result for which they are intended.

In the construction shown in Fig. l the ad'- jacent edges of the platesF are provided with outwardly-directed points or projections O, by meansof which said plates are held in the position shown in Fig. 1 when thebrush is removed, said points or projections striking against the undersurface of the cap or cover, as will be readily understood.

My invention is not limited to the exact form, construction, andarrangement of the parts shown and described, and I therefore reservethe right to make all such alterations therein as fairly come within thescope of the invention.

Having fully described my invention, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patcut- 1. A mucilage-bottle, provided with a cap or cover, inwhich is formed an oblong or square opening, said opening being providedwith hinged devices at the opposite sides thereof consisting of twoparts, the upper part being provided with notches or recesses adapted toinclose the handle of the brush, and the lower part being projected intothe bottle and adapted to be separated by the brush or the handlethereof, substantially as shown and described.

2. A mueilage-bottle, the neck of which is provided with a removable capor cover in which is formed an oblong or square opening, to the oppositesides of which are hinged doors or closing devices comprising two partsor plates, which extend inwardly and obliquely from the hingedconnections, the upper plates being provided with semicircular notchesor recesses adapted to inclose thehandle of the brush, substantially asshown and described.

3. A mucilage-bottle, the neck of which is provided with a removable capor cover in which is formed an oblong or square opening,

to the opposite sides of which are hinged doors or closing devicescomprising two parts or plates, which extend inwardly and obliquely fromthe hinged connections, the upper plates being provided withsemicircular notches or recesses adapted to inclose the handle of thebrush, and the arrangement being such that when the brush is inserted,the upper plates close the opening in the cap and when the brush iswithdrawn the lower plates close the opening in the cap, substantiallyas shown and described.

4:. A mucilage-bottle, the neck of which is provided with a removablecap or cover in which is formed an oblong or square opening, to theopposite sides of which are hinged doors or closing devices comprisingtwo parts or plates, which extend inwardly and obliquely from the hingedconnections, the upper plates being provided with semicircular notchesor recesses adapted to inclose the handle of the brush, and thearrangement being such that when the brush is inserted the upper platesclose the opening in the cap and when the brush is withdrawn the lowerplates closing the opening in the cap, this operation being eifected bymeans of wire springs mounted upon the red by which the plates orclosing devices are connected with the cap or cover, one end of saidsprings being adapted to press upon one of said plates an d the other topress upon the lower surface of the cap or cover, substantially as shownand described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 15th day of August,1895.

DAVID T. ELLIS.

Witnesses:

O. GERST, M. A. KNowLus.

